Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973 : Egypt banding information (050-05114 to 050-05119), 1971, PMS banding forms.
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Field book of banding forms that are survey records on migratory birds specimens collected in Egypt for the Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey. From the finding aid (SIA RU000435): "The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS), a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites and the viruses they carry, was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean from 1966 to 1971. The primary PMS operation site was in northern Egypt. Surveys were also conducted in Cyprus and Israel. The PMS involved scientists of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval Medical Research Unit, and Yale University, and was funded by the Army Research Office, the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, and the Smithsonian Research Foundation. George E. Watson, Chairman, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, and Curator, Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, was Principal Investigator". Surveys were also conducted in Uganda. This field book is comprised of a folder containing only one leaf, which includes eight banding forms (two being left blank). They are dated from May 18 to 24, 1971 (with one date corrected from April to May), and they are numbered 050-05114 to 050-05119. They show the band number, the name of the bird species, the date and locality of capture and release, and data on sex, age, fat, wing, weight, parasites and molt, with additional remarks. The researched birds were mostly Apus pallidus (Pallid swift), with one collection of Oriolus oriolus (Golden oriole).
1971
May 18, 1971
May 24, 1971
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Egypt
SIA Acc. 16-361
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey, survey records, 1966-1973
1 field book (1 leaf)
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 6, folder 40